HC Deb 18 March 1957 vol 567 cc11-2W
91. Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has received to the representations he has made to the United Nations Organisation in respect of the discriminatory steps taken by Egypt against Jewish residents of British nationality in Egypt; and whether he will make a statement on the present position.

Mr. Ian Harvey

As I told the hon Member on 4th March, the United Kingdom representative at the United Nations last December drew the attention of the General Assembly to the treatmnt of British subjects in Egypt. We did not single out any one category of British subject. We had received through the United Nations an Egyptian Government assurance that generally speaking the deportations could be considered a closed chapter". Nevertheless indirect pressures continued and are continuing still.

Since then we called on the Egyptian Government on 27th January through the protecting power, to end the measures taken against British subjects. The Egyptian Government have not replied. We are satisfied that the Swiss authorities have done all they can to relieve the situation.